Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	4-8 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Moist, Wet
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	6.0
Cultivation details
Layer	Shrubs
Growth	Medium
1000 Seed Weight (g)	97
Uses
Edible	true
Edible parts	Flowers, Fruit, Leaves
Warning	Weed potential
Names
Alternate name	Oneseed hawthorn, european hawthorn; may tree; may-tree; oneseed hawthorn; one-seeded hawthorn; single-seed hawthorn; whitethorn spanish: espino albar french: aubépine a un style; aubépine monogyne russian: boyaryshnik odnopestnyi portuguese: pirliteiro czechoslovakia (former): hloh jednosemenny germany: eingriffeliger weissdorn; eingriffliger weissdorn; saulenweissdorn italy: biancospino; cratego monogino netherlands: eenstijlige meidoorn poland: glog jednoszyjkowy sweden: trubbhagtorn uk: common hawthorn; single-seed hawthorn usa: european hawthorn; singleseed hawthorn
Taxonomy
Family	Rosaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Introduced into	Argentina South, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Free State, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Madeira, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., South Australia, Tasmania, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, Wisconsin
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Created: 2020-11-13 19:01:56 UTC
Last updated: 2023-09-22 16:05:24 UTC by permabot

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Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

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